CE60154: Geotechnical Of Earthquake Engineering
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| CE60154 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Course name | Geotechnical Of Earthquake Engineering | ||||||||||||||||||
| Offered by | Civil Engineering | ||||||||||||||||||
| Credits | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| L-T-P | 3-0-0 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Semester | Spring | ||||||||||||||||||
Syllabus
Syllabus mentioned in ERP
Introduction, cause and strength of earthquake, seismic waves, seismic risks and seismic hazards, theory of dynamics and seismic response, the nature and attenuation of ground motion. Determination of site characteristics, local geology and soil condition, site investigation and soil test. Determination of design earthquake, response spectra and accelerograms as design earthquake, criteria for earthquake resistant design. Site response to earthquake, liquefaction of saturated cohesion-less soils, seismic response of soilstructure system, shallow foundation, pile foundation, foundation in liquefiable ground. A seismic design of earth retaining structures. Seismic slope stability. Soil improvement for remediation of seismic hazards.